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London-based Violist, Music Teacher and Arts Marketing Specialist

Elliot is an established Violin Teacher and Viola Teacher, session musician, and arts marketing specialist based in Richmond, London.

He studied as a Scholar at the Royal College of Music in London, UK as a pupil of acclaimed Violists Susie Meszaros and Simon Rowland-Jones, and is both an award-winning Violist and a published Composer. Read his Biography for more details.

With several years experience working in schools as a peripatetic viola and violin teacher, alongside a vibrant, diverse array of private students (of all ages, both young and adult learners), Elliot now lives for his students, and regularly dedicates many extra hours each week to ensuring their proficiency and progress on each instrument continues to improve.

With an enormous diversity of session work on record, Elliot is also an experienced, competent and professional choice for recording work. Be it rock-style strings for an EP, film music, a contemporary string sextet or simply classical chamber music, book Elliot today for an experienced and nuanced addition to your recording.

Biography

Biography

Biography

Elliot Corner is an award-winning Violist and music teacher, who graduated from the Royal College of Music, London with a BMus(Hons) in Viola Performance. He studied there as a Foundation Scholar with two professors, Simon Rowland-Jones and Susie Meszaros., Elliot also participated in several masterclasses and received tuition from some internationally notable musicians including Jennifer Stumm, Jan Repko, Alina Ibragimova and Richard Lester. He studied Composition as a second study as well with acclaimed composer Jonathan Pitkin, and has had works performed in many venues around the UK, including the Blüthner Piano Centre and the Carpenter's Hall.

An alumnus of Christ’s Hospital School (an Old Blue), Elliot took up the Viola in October 2011 (switching permanently from Violin) and quickly attained an ABRSM Gold Award for the highest mark in the UK in his Viola Grade 8 exam (148/150), joining the Royal College of Music's Junior Department within just four months of starting to play the Viola. He studied there with Sarah-Jane Bradley for two years, and upon leaving in July 2013 was awarded the Freda Dinn and Ida Mabett String Prize.

Elliot has performed extensively around the country as a soloist and composer. He has enjoyed a close relationship with the Brighton Orpheus Choir as a composer, and has showcased as a featured soloist and composer in one of their concerts last year. He has performed as a Soloist at venues including St John's, Smith Square, The Royal College of Music, St Mary Abbot's Church (High Street Kensington), Steinway Hall, The Blüthner Piano Centre and St Peter's Church, Blatchington. Alongside his solo career, Elliot has a passion for Chamber Music, and plays regularly with several ensembles.

Nowadays, Elliot focuses on his thriving teaching practice, working closely with around 80 students each week both privately and in schools. He currently works as an associate teacher for the Richmond Music Trust, and visits four primary schools schools each week to provide instrumental lessons to a large number of children. In addition to this, he works privately as an instrumental and music theory tutor, working with young students and adult learners of all ages on Violin, Viola and Music Theory.

Elliot also maintains a busy and exciting instrumental career, primarily working as a backing instrumentalist for live bands and as a recording artist in many studios around London and beyond.

Life

Elliot was born in Brighton, UK and lived there for the majority of his life. He moved to London in 2013 to study at the Royal College of Music, and currently lives in Richmond, West London. He can still be seen regularly performing in Brighton, UK as a soloist and chamber musician.

Elliot discovered his innate musicality aged 4 when his class teacher discovered that he had perfect pitch after noticing him singing perfectly in tune during a class singing session. Shortly after this, he began learning the Violin. He attended Christ's Hospital school in Horsham from 2006-2013, boarding full time.

As far as personal interests are concerned, he likes to compose and practice, read, cycle, cook, drink artisanal coffee, and play location based mobile games (mostly Ingress - join the resistance!).

In the free time that he has, Elliot often spends time working on political campaigning and awareness in the fields of Arts Policy, Accountability and Transparency, LGBTIQA rights (with a focus on gender identity) and opposing the expansion of Heathrow and London City Airports.